Happy Weekend + Links I Love

Happy weekend, friends! I hope you had a great week and you’re ready to kick back and relax. Got any exciting weekend plans? This week, I made a serious dent in my winter reading list. I finally cracked open Cutting for Stone which I’ve been meaning to read for a while now.

At first, I got a bit bogged by all the detailed descriptions, but now I’m really getting into it. I admit I have a tendency to give up on a book if it doesn’t hold my interest after the first chapter. I’m happy I decided to stick with it. Have you read it? What did you think?

If you’re camping out on the couch this weekend, here’s a roundup of great reads for you to click through..

+ Vanessa M. Gezari of the Columbia Journalism School had this to say in her review of Addario’s memoir. “The best stories and the best pictures are arguably always around the edges, in the private and intimate spaces where people live and adapt, suffering or thriving in war’s lurid half-light.”

+ This farewell post by Jen and Catherine over at The Single Diaries is so beautiful, inspiring and a bit sad. You will be dearly missed, ladies.

+ I discovered Sarah’s blog today. Particularly loved this post on her new-found fascination with science and the wonder of God. The constellations have always held a special place in my heart.

+ A super long, fascinating feature worth reading: 5,200 days in space. The International Space Station’s water-recycling system is out of this world. “An astronaut who mixes up an orange drink for breakfast on Monday morning and urinates on Monday afternoon can use that same water, newly purified, to mix a fresh drink on Thursday.”